Panthers vs Senators Pregame

6:30 Update: Erik Karlsson (upper body) is out of the lineup, Andre Benoit is in

The Senators elected to preskate this morning before their contest vs the Panthers on Wednesday evening. Jim O’Brien was called up to replace the fallen Peter Regin and will skate on the fourth line with Greening and Lessard. Jesse Winchester & Chris Campoli both skated as well. Winchester will not play this evening but Chris Campoli will return to the lineup.

Craig Anderson will start for the Sens, his first at home. Here’s what he had to say about starting his first home game and playing against a former team.

Also, much has been made of a meeting between Bryan Murray and Chris Phillips that occurred on the bench prior to today’s preskate. Here’s what Phillips had to say about the talk and where things are at in regards to his Senator playing status.